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Intense Tracer VP: the Final Review

The Tracer VP was created by Intense to take on comers in the long travel trail bike category. With its 1.5″ headtube and adjustable 5.5-6 inches of VPP travel, it also falls into the popular all mountain category, dominated by bikes like the Specialized Enduro, Trek Remedy, Santa Cruz Nomad, and Giant Reign.
Intense builds some [...]

05.18.2010 Read the full article →
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A bike park at Timberline?

The rumors were confirmed yesterday, when the page on the Timberline website went live. We’ve all been hearing about the possibilities of a world class bike park coming to Oregon, and the odds of having such a facility (just an hour away) is becoming that much closer to being a reality. Even better, Timberline has [...]

04.09.2010 Read the full article →
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UPDATE: Marmot is out, Road 14 is in

<UPDATED>We’ll just get to the point regarding the Flow Trails at the Marmot Dam area. Freeride trails were not authorized for the area, and will not be sanctioned at this time. All the wood structures featured in the previous post have been decommissioned.
Does it suck? Yes. It is heart breaking to see the hard work [...]

03.19.2010 Read the full article →
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30+ rider freeride session at Post Canyon

Social media is all over the news these days, for good reason. We saw the effectiveness of using it to communicate to riders last weekend when local rider Todd McCarthy posted on Pinkbike.com asking friends to join him on his birthday for a ride session at Post Canyon. A few riders reposted it on Facebook, [...]

03.17.2010 Read the full article →

Mace Gear Round-up

Product from Mace isn’t as easily available in the states as it should be. They make a some solid product, and it is very reasonably priced. Yet another import from our Canadian friends from the north, I’ve been beating on a full kit for the last year. I’m happy to report that their gear has [...]

03.16.2010 Read the full article →

Building and riding at the Marmot Dam Trails – Updated w/BLM Response

(updated – scroll to bottom for latest info) As a mountain biker that admittedly has a love for gravity fed experiences first and foremost, learning about the up and coming Marmot Dam Trail System was nothing short of a treat.
I’ve missed the last two underground DH races at the Marmot Dam trails, so I was [...]

03.02.2010 Read the full article →

Wolfhound Cycles just built the coolest 29er ever.

Agree? Disagree? In my opinion, this is the one of the best looking hard tail bicycle frames I’ve looked at. Which is awesome, because it’s mine. Created for me by Fred Cuthbert at Wolfhound Cycles in Talent, Oregon, this frame is the result of a dialog that has been going on for some time.

02.18.2010 Read the full article →

Oregon’s Rainy Day Destination: the Oregon State Expo Indoor Bike Park

The covered bike park area at the Salem Fairgrounds is open for business. The bike park area consists of a dirt jump line and a wood kicker to mulch landing. The dirt jump line has two options for skill levels: a beginner/intermediate and advanced line.
When we arrived in the early afternoon on a Saturday, there [...]

01.17.2010 Read the full article →

Sneaking into 104 Bronson- home of Santa Cruz Bicycles

Ok, they don’t really make the bikes there, other than mocking up ridable prototypes like a bike we saw that looked like an suspiciously like an alloy Blur, but with really big wheels. It was a bike I wasn’t allowed to pull the camera out for, as it was referred to as an experiment no [...]

12.25.2009 Read the full article →

661 Gear Round Up: Select 2009 Protective Gear Reviewed

If you own body armor or protective gear you don for your mountain biking exploits, the name 661, AKA Six Six One is undoubtedly known to you, as they have become synonymous with protective gear for bikes- both motorized and non. This southern California company has made a major name for themselves manufacturing good quality [...]

12.17.2009 Read the full article →

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